Lawyers Fear Gitmo Work May Harm Careers (AP)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Lawyers Fear Gitmo Work May Harm Careers

By MICHAEL MELIA
The Associated Press
Friday, March 23, 2007; 2:23 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Military defense lawyers preparing for trials
at the Guantanamo Bay prison fear their work on behalf of terrorism
suspects could derail their careers _ or possibly even subject them to
punishment.

The lawyers, officers who typically defend military personnel, say they
find their tactics and motives being questioned as they perform their
legal duties and provide a vigorous defense in the first U.S. military
war crimes trials since World War II.

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"We all took these jobs recognizing that we're not likely going to be
promoted and given good assignments by the military," Fleener said.
"What we never expected was to face either criminal sanctions or
ethical sanctions for doing our jobs."

The threat of such sanctions emerged in a recent e-mail that the
chief military prosecutor, Air Force Col. Morris Davis, sent to the
judge in charge of the military commissions.

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301131.html

[bahrbearian]

1. They should be used to working in Prisons.

[aquart]

2. Col Davis needs to have his career ended.

Immediately.